Dhruv and Cris follow Laura Dern's Sandy (from "Blue Velvet") out of her cheerfully dreamy Lumberton suburbia into the -- at first, hellishly garish, then, coldly desolate wilderness -- of the American West, trying to make sense of how Sandy (now called Lula) tries to keep her passionate romance with Sailor (played by Nicolas Cage) alive as the reality around her threatens to burn down (another one of her) dreams.

Listen to the full episode to hear Dhruv only being able to make sense of the part where the dream (and the film's combustible melodrama) is extinguished; Cris, on the other hand, argues that the film's most memorable bits are its most unabashedly fantastical and melodramatic.

Major spoilers, of course, for "Wild At Heart."

TIME CODES

Introduction : [00:00 - 02:41]

"Twin Peaks" Announcement: [02:41 - 03:32]

Wild At Cannes (Contexualizing the Film): [03:32 - 16:50]

"Wild At Heart": [16:50 - 01:10:48]

Outro: [01:10:48 - 01:18:30]

TEXT REFERENCED REPEATEDLY

"Room to Dream" (David Lynch & Kristine McKenna).

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Hello, Hello, Hello

In the latest episode of QID, Dhruv invites the creator, Arjun Sivakumar, and regular guest-cum-host of the "Cinematic Liberties Podcast", Ashwin Dev, to discuss one of the great filmic oddities of this year -- Danny Boyle's "28 Years Later" (now available to rent/buy on digital platforms).

Before talking about the film, the three of them talk about the "whack" legacy of the franchise itself -- first discussing, at length, the historical significance of "28 Days Later," then, briefly, discussing the somewhat unfairly maligned status of its sequel, "28 Weeks Later" (Boyle and Garland only returned as executive producers for that).

Finally, the discussion about "28 Years Later" itself prompts all sorts of responses from us -- confusion, amazement, contemplation, you name it. Which -- regardless of the film's narrative flaws and tonal inconsistencies -- is what we cherish most about it.

Listen to the full episode to hear all this in a spoiler-filled discussion on the entirety of the "28 [insert timeline] Later..." franchise.

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TIME CODES

Introduction (inc. "Past Lives" Slander) : [00:00 - 06:36]

The Legacy of "28 Days Later": [06:36 - 43:23]

The Non-Legacy of "28 Weeks Later": [43:23 - 1:02:19]

"28 Years Later": [1:02:19 - 1:52:52]

Outro (inc. PTA episode in the pipeline): [1:52:52 - 01:55:24]

ARTICLES REFERENCED

1. Danny Boyle Goes Big with the Horror Sequel [IGN]

2. Danny Boyle Says Shooting on iPhones Let Him Capture ‘Startling’ Violence in 28 Years Later. [WIRED]

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It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No - It's (a new) QID Episode!

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In this new episode, Amartya & Sanjeet discuss James Gunn’s ‘Superman,’ currently playing in theatres. They compare his "sunny" interpretation of the superhero to Snyder’s grittier take (that both of them liked!), contemplating what (if anything) the DCU may have in store for them in the future.

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